Monmouth’s Men’s Tennis to Face UCF in First Round of NCAA Championship
EDISON, NJ (May 3, 2021) – Monmouth University (14-2, 5-0 MAAC) will face UCF (21-3, 7-0 AAC) in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships. The Hawks are coming off the school’s fifth-straight MAAC Championship title. The first round match will take place Saturday, May 8 at the USTA National Campus Collegiate Center in Orlando, FL.
The Hawks defeated Fairfield University 4-2 in the MAAC Men’s Tennis Championship on April 24, to claim the title and a NCAA Championship berth. The Most Outstanding Performer for the Hawks was the fifth year Serigo Martinez, who clinched the final point in Monmouth’s win with a 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Fairfield’s Shah Keean.
Before the MAAC Championship, the Hawks took home multiple All-MAAC Teams honors and collected one of the major awards. On the doubles side, William Cooke Wharton and Charles Gortzounian claimed the No. 3 spot, Lucca Silva and Victor Castro claimed the No. 2 spot on the All-MAAC First Team and Max Benaim and Sergio Martinez took home the No. 1 spot on the All-MAAC Second Team. On the singles side, Monmouth claimed the No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 spots on the All-MAAC First Team as Max Benaim, Lucca Silva, Victor Castro and Gabriel Busato took home the honors respectively. Earning All-MAAC Second Team honors were William Cooke Wharton at the No. 1 spot and Sergio Martinez at the No. 5 spot.
For more information on the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship visit ncaa.com.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.